Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas Show - December 2013

1 - Leif Shires - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 2010
2 - Mark Lowrey & Hermon Mehari - This Christmas performed - 2013
3 - David Beniot - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town  - 1996
4 - Lionel Hampton With Vocal Chorus By Sonny Parker - Merry Christmas, Baby
5 - Ella Fitzgerald -  Let it snow! - 1960
6 - Dave Brubeck - Winter Wonderland - 1996
7 - Joe Pass - O Christmas Tree - 1992
8 - Louis Armstrong With The Benny Carter Orchestra - Christmas In New Orleans
9 - Jimmy Smith - Jingle Bells -  1964
10 - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Jingle Bells
11 - Oscar Peterson - I'll Be Home For Christmas - 1995
12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
13 - Peggy Lee -  The Christmas List
14 - Wynton Marsalis - Blue Christmas
15 - Vince Guiraldi - Oh Tannenbaum

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

133rd Show – December 25, 2013 - “JOHN COLTRANE THEME”

1 - John Coltrane - Straight Street – Coltrane - 1957
2 - John Coltrane - Lazy Bird - Blue Train - 1957
3 - John Coltrane - Russian Lullaby – Soultrane – 1958
4 - John Coltrane - Just Friends - Coltrane Time - 1959
5 - John Coltrane - Giant Steps - Giant Steps – 1960
6 - John Coltrane - I Hear a Rhapsody - Lush Life - 1961
7 - John Coltrane - Village Blues - Coltrane Jazz - 1961
8 - John Coltrane – Acknowledgement - A Love Supreme - 1965
9 - John Coltrane - The Last Blues - Living Space - 1965




Thursday, December 19, 2013

132ND Show – December 18, 2013

1 - Matthew Shipp - Select Mode 1 - 2002
2 - Clark Terry with Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Tete A Tete - 1966
3 - Neil Stalnaker -Squekey's Blues - 1995
4 - Maynard Ferguson- The Wailing Boat -1956
5 - MJTplus3- Jerry Lee -2000
6 - Kelly Jefferson Quartet – Mandelbrot  -2010
7 - LA 4- Williwaw - Watch What Happens - 1978
8 - Ina Ray Hutton - Cabin In The Sky -  1943
9 - Captain Hook - If - 2007
10 - Kenny Garrett - Seeds From The Underground - 2013
11 - Brad Hoyt - Sharper's Revenge - 2013


Thursday, December 12, 2013

Coolest Jazz Answer

131st Show – December 11, 2013

1 - Chico Hamilton Quintet - Spectacular-1955
2 - JJ Johnson & Kai Winding - Funnybone Live at Birdland - 1954
3 - Hornheads - Pie Hole - 1997
4 - Duane Tatro - Turbulence - Jazz for Moderns
5 - Lalo Shifrin - Paraphrase_Jazz Meets The Symphony 6 -2005
6 - Dempsey Wright - 9 20 Special - 2005
7 - Chad Lawson Trio – Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden Cover) - 2006
8 - Bobby Jaspar- Stuffy - 1962
9 – JeremyPelt – Dreamcatcher -2008
10 - Big Swing Face - Mutant Mosquitoes From New Jersey - 2004
11 - Wycliffe Gordon - Frantic Flight - 1999

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

130TH Show – December 4, 2013 - “Prestige Records”

1 - Sonny Stitt - Fine and Dandy - Prestige 49-50
2 - Leo Parker - Who's Mad - Prestige 49-50
3 - Leo Parker - Mona Lisa - Prestige 49-50
4 - Kai Winding – Waterworks - Prestige 49-50
5 - Don Lanphere - Spider's Webb - Prestige 49-50
6 - Al Haig – Liza - Prestige 49-50
7 - Al Haig - Opus Caprice - Prestige 49-50
8 - Lee Konitz_ - Sound Lee - Prestige 49-50
9 - Lee Konitz – Marshmallow - 49-50
10 - Eddie Lockjaw Davis_ - Squattin' - Prestige 49-50
11 - Fats Navarro - Stop - Prestige 49-50
12 - Fats Navarro – Go - Prestige 49-50
13 - Lennie Tristano – Tautology - Prestige 49-50
14 - JJ Johnson - Tea Pot - Prestige 49-50
15 - Wardell Gray - Easy Living - Prestige 49-50

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

129th Show – November 27, 2013

1 - Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - Blues Can be Abstract, Too – 2013
2 - Dave Mckenna - This Is The Moment - 1959
3 - Suzanna Smith - Paper Boat – 2013
4 - Emilie-Claire Barlow - Chez Moi - 2012
5 - Jazz At Lincoln Center - Things To Come – 1994
6 - Kenny Dorham - Halley's Comet – 1961
7 - Barry Harris - Mucho Dinero – 2013
8 - George Cotsirilos Trio - On the Rebop - 2006
9 - Don Thompson – Hannako – 1991
10 - Cat Anderson - Cat's In The Alley - 2007
11 - Mark Colby - Myth Mary's Blues – 2009
12 - Barry Elmes, Ed Bickert, Alex Dean, et. Al -  It's Goodbye Charlie - 1991

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

128TH Show – November 20, 2013

1 - Frank Wess – Playboy – 1956
2 - Kate Smith - Tumbling Tumbleweeds – 1945
3 - Bria Skonberg - Penny in Your Pocket – 2012
4 - Conte Candoli & Art Pepper- Autumn Leaves – 1957
5 - Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - The Neighborhood – 2013
6 - Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill - The Penaut Vendor- 1966
7 - Wayne Shorter Quartet - Plaza Real – 2012
8 Clay Giberson – Incompatibility - 2006
9 - Wadada Leo Smith & Ed Blackwell - Uprising – 2010
10 – Pink Turtle- Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover -2010
11 - The Bad Plus - Seven Minute Mind – 2012


New Board in Signal Hole

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation” & Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”

Another cool link from my jazz lovin' wife ..








127TH Show – November 13, 2013

1 - Ed Wiley Jr – Sleepy – 2006
2 - B Shields - Monday Nights -  2010
3 - Bill Frisell- Convict 13 – 2001
4 - Mike Metheny with Pat Metheny - Ta-ta for Now - 2001
5 - Ed Polcer - Farewell Blues  - 2006
6 - Stan Getz - The Best Thing for You - 1949
7 - Irvin Stokes – Do  You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - 2006
8 - The Mills Brothers - Shine - 1932
9 - Soul Station (feat. Stan Kessler, Gerald Spaits & Rick Bruner)-Just for a Thrill
10 - Mills Blue Rythm Band - Jazz Cocktail - 2006
11 - Jerry Gray - One Stop Boogie – 1952
12 - King Coles Swingsters - Never Mind Baby - 1940
13 - Yerkes Southern Five - Railroad Blues – 1920’s
14 - Wynton Marsalis and Elias Marsalis  - Buggy Ride - 1995

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

126TH Show – November 6, 2013 - ‘JAPANESE JAZZ THEME’

1 - Toshiko Akiyoshi - The March
2 - Modern Jazz San-nin no Kai - Blue Soul - 1960
3 - Eric Alexander - Nightlife In Tokyo -  Nightlife in Tokyo – 2003
4 - Kazuo Yashiro - Favela
5 - Akiko Grace - Doxy - Graceful Vision-2011
6 - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - Babylonia Wind - 1971
7 - Sadao Watanabe - My Favorite Things (Coltrane)
8 - Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media - Head Rock - 1970
9 - Nobuo Hara & his Sharps & Flats + Hozan Yamamoto – Tabaruzaka
10 - Takeo Moriyama - Watarase - 1980

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New Board a Comin' ..

Thursday, October 31, 2013

125th Show – October 30, 2013 – Dizzy Themed Show

1 - Groovin' High - 1945
2 - with Charlie Parker - Dizzy atmosphere - 1947
3 - Things To Come - with Max Roach - Live in Paris -  1949
4 - with Stan Getz - Girl of My Dreams - 1953
5 - Annie s Dance - Dizzy in Greece - 1957
6 - with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt - On the Sunny Side of the Street - 1957
7 - St. Louis Blues - Have Trumpet, Will Excite! -1959
8 - Coolie - The Cool World - 1963
9 - Good Bait - Something Old, Something New – 1963
10 - Soul Time - Sweet Soul Live - 1969
11 - Get Back – Cornucopia – 1970
12 - with Thlonius Monk - Don't Blame Me - Live in Europe - 1971
15 - with Charlie Christian - Stardust - After Hours



Tuesday, October 22, 2013

124th Show – October 23, 2013

1 - Fraser McPherson Quartet - Up in Steve's Room - 1990
1a - Raven Wolf - Street Jazz in City Market - 10.21.13
2 - Euro Cinema - Brooklyn Groove - 2011
3 -  Joanie Sommers- This Can't Be Love – 1961
4 - Chris Connor - Way Out There - 1956
5 - Glen Gray - Opus One
6  - Jo Stafford - Whatcha Know Joe
7 - Marquis Hill-The Poet – 2013
8  - Milt Jackson – The Spirit - 1957
9  - Nat Gonella - Troublesome Trumpet
10 - Stan Kenton Original – Intermission Riff
11 – S.O.S. – Legends – 2013 (Reissue)
12 - Woody Shaw - Baloo Baloo
13 - Mike Longo - Morning – 2009
14 - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Route 66

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Chicago Trumpeter Marquis Hill Plugs Neon Jazz

123rd Show – October 16, 2013

1 - Stan Levey-Tune-Up -1955
2 -  Victor Feldman - Brawl for All – 1955
3 - Monga Santamaria - Watermelon Man
4 - Barney Kessel - A Foggy Day - 1954
5 - Oscar Aleman - Cherokee
6 - Mose Allison - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me - 1959
7 - Horace Silver - Song For My Father – 1965
8 -  Marian McPartland - Willow Creek – 1985
9 - Jan Savitt - Shabby Old Cabby -  1939
10 - Irving Aaronson And His Commanders - The Pump Song – 1920’S
 11 - Sam Bardfeld - Flood -2007
12 - Alan Moorhouse Orchestra - Charmaine – 2011
13 - Sam Donahue His Orchestra - The Drunken Sailor- 1945
14 - Count Basie - Kid from Red Bank
15 – Louis CK FX Show – Jazzy - End Credits - 2013

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Friday, October 11, 2013

122nd Show – October 9, 2013

1 - Gerald Clayton- Boogablues - 2009
2 - Benny Goodman - Why Don't You Do Right -1942
3 - Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder - 1964
4 - Louis Armstrong - Whatcha Say - 1944
5 - Peggy Lee – Fever - 1950s
6 - Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water - 1966
7  - Jimmy Witherspoon - Ernestine
8 - The Sunshine Boys - Do Something
9 - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' - 1929
10 – Brooks Tegler - Applecore  - 2005
11 - Carlo Atti Quartet - Anthropology -  2008
12 - Ferit Odman - Hindsight (Cedar Walton) - 2011
13 - Charlie Parker – Ornithology - 1946

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Friday, October 4, 2013

121st Show – October 2, 2013

1 - Bob Wilber – Dardanella – 1996
2 - Django Reinhardt - Night And Day
3 - Lanny Morgan - Its About Time -  2009
4 - Girls in Airports – Kaikoura - 2013
5 - Wynonie Harris - Here Comes the Blues
6 - Tania Maria - Água De Beber – 2006
7 - The Charleston Chasers - My Melancholy Baby
8 - Billy Taylor Trio - I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) - 1963
9 - Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra - Dalvatore Sally
10 - Del Paz - Soul Bossa Nova - From The Film Austin Powers
11 - Milt Herth Trio - Black and Tan Fantasy
12  - Erroll Garner – Misty - 1954
13 - Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue – 1963
14 - Andrew Aiona - Hula Girl - Jazz goes Hawaiian
15 - Jim and Bob (The Genial Hawaiians) - Coffee in the Morning - Jazz goes Hawaiian

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

120th Show – September 25, 2013 – "Beat Generation Themed Show"

1 - Louis Armstrong- The Beat Generation -1959
2 - Don Morrow - Like Rumpelstiltskin (Tales from the Beat Generation)
3 - Charlie Ventura - Ha !
4 - Jack Kerouac - The Steve Allen Plymouth Show - 1959
5 - Tom Waits - Diamonds On My Windshield
6 - Jack Kerouac - October in the Railroad Earth
7 – Dizzy Guillespie – Oop Bop Sh’ BAM
8 - Langston Hughes - Blues Montage
9 - Kenneth Rexroth - Married Blues
10 - Charlie Parker - Cosmic Rays
11 - Rod Mckuen - No Pictures Please
12 - Sonny Rollins +  Babs Gonzales - Professor Bop
13 - Edd Byrnes  - Kookie's Mad Pad
14 - Gerry Mulligan & Lee Konitz - Bernie's Tune -1953

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

119th Show – September 18, 2013

1 - A Kansas city trumpet summit- So Danco Samba-2013
2 - Jack Nathans Big Band - Oh Babe What Would You Say -2010
3 - Lambert Hendricks Ross - Everybody’s Boppin’ – 1959
4 - Laura Ainsworth - The Gentleman Is A Dope - 2013
5 - Billy Ainsworth with Ernie Felice - Tea for Two
6 - Quartetto Cetra - Crapa Pelada (Season 3 Breaking Bad ) - 1945)
7 - Matt White & The Super Villain Jazz Band – Thelma’s Revenge – 2013
8 - Harlan Leonard And His Rockets Feat. Myra Taylor - Dig It - Electro Swing Fever - 2013
9 - 3 Bones And A Quill – Wa Hoo -3 Bones and a Quill – 2010
10 -  Jack Jenney - Swingin' The Apach -2005
11 -Vic Feldman Quartet - Mop Mop -2010
12 - Bosworth Modern Jazz Group - Rebop Rebels – 2010
13  - Steve Rave Bop Group – Marzipan – 2010
14 - Gangster Story - Boppin The Net - The Double Life Of Oliver Hardisk - 2011

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

An Interview with Latin Jazz Drummer Brian Andres

Welcome to a new Neon Jazz interview talented Latin Jazz drummer Brian Andres – During our interview from our base in KC to San Francisco, Brian spoke openly about his roots in Cincinnati, Ohio, his many gigs over the years with a variety of musicians, moving to San Francisco to form his Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel base, along with much more ..

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-latin-jazz-drummer/id546432639?i=167982721&mt=2

Seattle Jazz Singer Eugenie Jones Interview

Welcome to a Neon Jazz interview a Seattle-based jazz singer Eugenie Jones – Over the length of our open interview, Eugenie spoke candidly about her recent dream realized – becoming a jazz singer, her albums, how she secures live gigs, her day job and much, much more ..

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seattle-jazz-singer-eugenie/id546432639?i=167940730&mt=2

Friday, September 13, 2013

118th Show – September 11, 2013

1 - Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' On Sunset – 1966
2 - Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack - 1960
3 - Grover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic -1974
4 - John Coltrane - Giant Steps - 1960
5 - Miles Davis - In A Silent Way – 1969
6 - Grant Greene- Alone Together - 1961
7 – W.C. Handy - St. Louis Blues – 1914
8 - Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus -1966
9 - Professor Longhair - Tipitina -1978
10 - Charlie Christian - Breakfast Feud – 1940


Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Laura Ainsworth Interview

Welcome to a new Neon Jazz interview a jazz singer injecting pure cool into the craft weaving together the old school jazz world and blending it with the present day – Laura Ainsworth – Speaking to me from her base in Dallas, Texas, our interview was a verbal journey to get a definitive bio for a rising star in the jazz craft .. Speaking about her father Billy who performed in his jazz heyday with the likes of Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra .. she talks about her latest disc, which is a fine one, Necessary Evil, her comedy business, her rescued parrots and much more .. Dig it, kids ..


Thursday, September 5, 2013

117th Show – September 4, 2013

1 - Miles Davis - So What – 1962
2 - Dave Brubeck - Take Five-1959
3 - John Coltrane -Acknowledgement-1964
4 - Weather Report – Birdland - 1977
5 - Billy Holiday- Strange Fruit-1939
6 - Dizzy Gillespie-Salt Peanuts-1945
7 - Cannonball Adderly-Mercy, mercy,mercy-1975
8 - Charles Mingus-Goodbye Pork Pie Hat- 1959
9 - Count Basie- One O'Clock Jump-1937

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Friday, August 30, 2013

116th Show – August 28, 2013

1 -  Jabbo Smith - Boston Shuffle
2 - Tiny Horse - Ride- 2012
3 - Agachiko - Angel Eyes - 2013
4 - Betty Roche - Where Or When - 1993
5 - Fabrizio Mocata - Sogno Stanco - 2013
6 - 4Sight - Parabola - 1998
7 - Phil Napoleon - Mean To Me
8 - Bill Perkins - Swing Spring - 2006
9 - Stephane Grappelli - Love For Sale - 1975
10 - Pat Metheny - New Chautauqua- 1979
11 - Dave Young and Phil Dwyer Quartet - Whim of Chambers - 1993
12 - Oliver Antunes Trio - Hush-A-Bye - 2002
13 - Paul Whiteman - Happy Feet

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Friday, August 23, 2013

115th Show – August 21, 2013

1 - Neil Cowley Trio - Hug The Greyhound - 2010
2 - Hank Mobley ‐Early Morning Stroll ‐2009
3 - Alex Sipiagin ‐Good Morning‐2004
4 - Bert Kaemperfert Orchestra‐Steady Does It - 1999
5 - Brian Andres & The Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel‐Black Market ‐2013
6 - Lee Morgan‐Sneaky Pete‐1967
7 - Joel Frahm‐Jobimiola‐ 2007
8 - Maynard Ferguson – Give It One – Best Of..
9 - Quartet Of Happiness - The Monster Returns - 2010
10 - Joel Miller‐Too Cool‐2006

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

114th Show – August 14, 2013

1 - Andy Fusco_Scooter- Big Man’s Blues – 2007
2 - Elvin Jones - On The Mountain – 1975
3 - Laura Ainsworth - Necessary Evil – 2013
4 - Eric Dolphy - Jitterbug Waltz - 1963
5 - Clay Giberson - Incompatibility -2006
6 - Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff - 1963
7 – Euginie Jones - In A Shot Of Tequila Or Two – 2013
8 - James Carter - Song Of Delilah – 2007
9 - Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra - Hot House – 2011
10 - Kevin Eubanks - The Dancing Sea – 2010
11 - Branford Marsalis - Three Little Words - 2004

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113th Show – August 7, 2013

1 - Kerry Strayer Quartet – Mentor – 2006
2 - Sonny Criss - All Night Long – 2009
3 - Five In Orbit - Line 475 – 2010
4 - Grant Green - High Heeled Sneakers- 2005
5 - Imer Santiago - Fourthcoming – 2013
6 - Chick Corea - Waltz for Bill Evans -2008
7 - Filipe Melo Trio - Jingles -2006
8 - Xavier Davis Trio - Milk With A Koolaid Chaser – 2007
9 - John Coltrane –Bakai -1957

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

112th Show – July 31, 2013

1 - SFjazz Collective- When Will the Blues Leave -2005
2 - Deborah Brown - Nobody Else But Me - 2003
3 - Al Thompson Jr - The Chase - 2013
4 - Tom Harrell - River Samba - 2011
5 - John Scofield - Chicken Dog - 1998
6 - Miles Davis - Out Of The Blue - Live at Birdland - 1951
7 - Eric Reed - Wade in the Water - 1993
8 - Ornette Coleman - Good Old Days - 1966
9 - Three Fall - Lithium - 2013
10 - Jimmy Smith - Ode To Philly Joe - 1958

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Neon Jazz - Dig it, Baby ..


Thursday, July 25, 2013

111th Show – July 24, 2013

1 - Matt Kane Trio - John McKee – 2013
2 – Ted Weens Orchestra - I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now -
3 - Ace Brigode – More- Okeh Records 1923-1931
4 - Donald Byrd - Each Time I Think Of You – 1961
5 - Lori Cullen - So Much with The Ron Davis Trio – 2002
6 - Cees Slinger - Growing Up – 2008
7 - Jack Mouse Group – LaPorta – 2013
8 - Kenny Baker 5 - Sing You Sinners - 2009
9 - Django Festival All Stars  - Swing Gitan - Live At Birdland – 2013
10 - The Jazz Pilots - Wedding Bells - Okeh Records 1923-1931
11 - MBoom- Maimoun- Live – 1992
12 - George Wein - Back In Your Own Backyard – 2009
13 - King Oliver Orchestra -  Struggle Buggy

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Friday, July 19, 2013

110th Show – July 17, 2013

1 - Art Hodes - Heebie Jeebies
2 - Sammy Kaye - I Came Here To Talk For Joe
3 - Ferit Odman - Hindsight – 2011
4 - Gil Evans - Ella Speed-Gil Evans & Ten - 1957
5 - Red Nichols and His Five Pennies - Imagination – 2011
6 - Elvin Jones – Harmonique
7 - Duke Ellington- Jubilee Stomp
8 - Garry Mulligan & Jane Duboc - No Rio – 1993
9 - Orrin Evans - Flip The Script – 2012
10 - Lester Young - Lester Leaps In- Live in 1953
11 - Christian Escoude - Delauney's Dilemma – 2013
12 - Tal Farlow Quartet - Just Friends - 2007

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

109th Show – July 10, 2013

1 - Dicky Wells – Stan’s Dance – 1958
2 - Brian Baggett Trio - Wave – 2012
3 - Anat Cohen -  Veinte Anos – 2005
4 - Chris Hazelton's Boogaloo 7 -  Grampa's Boogaloo – 2013
5 - Billy Bean/Hal Gaylor/Walter Norris – Motivation – 2000
6 - Felipe Sales - Freudian Slip – 2007
7 - Lenny Breau - Blues Theme #2 – 1969
8 - Jack Garden – Shine – 2009
9  - Waverly Seven - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – 2007
10 - Uralski All-Stars - Cakewalking Babies Back Home – 2008
11 - Jackie McLean & Tina Brooks Sextet – Medina  -1960

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

KC Jazz Guitarist Brian Baggett Neon Jazz Plug

108th Show – July 3, 2013

1- Ryan Lee - Conception by George Shearing  - 2011
2- Mingus Big Band - Tijuana Moods - Live in NYC
3- Clyde McCoy - Sugar Blues
4- Julian Lage – Telegram – 2011
5- Ben Selvin & His Orchestra – Don’t Keep Me In The Dark Bright Eyes
6- The Larry Bunker / Gary Burton Quartette – Panther Pause -1965
7- Ed Lincoln - That Old Black Magic – 1961
8- Grace Kelly & Phil Woods- Love Song – 2011
9- Teddy Charles Tentet – Vibrations -  1956
10- Jack Millman & His Hollywood Jazz All Stars – Stitt Is It
11- Leo Wright -  Indian Summer – 1960
12- Eddie Thomas Collegians – Sugar – Roaring ‘20’s


Thursday, June 27, 2013

107th Show – June 26, 2013

1 - Danny Moss - Three Little Words
2 - Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues in H (B) – 1973
3 – Steve Race – Ode To Spode
4 - Bobby Watson - Free Yourself – 1993
5 - Beverly Kenney - For All We Know – 1958
6 - Sergio Mendes - Tema Sem Palavras – 1960
7 - Malcolm Lockyer – Bull Fiddling
8 - Nicholas Payton -  In the Beginning – 1994
9 - Al Hirt -  Malibu – 1963
10 – HowardShaw – Boppin At The Lido
11 - John Handy - Dancy Dancy
12 - Lester Young & Oscar Peterson Trio - Ad Lib Blues – 1952
13 - Bobby Hutcherson - Montara - 1975

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

106th Show – June 19, 2013 – "THE ABBREVIATED SONG SHOW"

1 - Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance – 1954
2 - Howard McGhee  Fiesta – 1948
3 - Dave Douglas - Passing Through -2004
4 - Bill Cosby and Quincy Jones -  Jimmy Cookin' On Top - 1969
5 - Astrud Gilberto- Canoeiro -1967
6 - Blossom Dearie-Down with love - 1958
7 - Art Tatum -Tea for Two – 1933
8 - Julie London - What Is This Thing Called Love
9 - Dianne Reeves-TV Is the Thing This Year – 2005
10 - Charlie Haden- The Interlude (Drinking Music)-1969
11 - Hoagy Carmichael - Georgia On My Mind (Instrumental) - 1956
12 - Burt Bacharach - High Temperature, Low Resistance – 1965
13 - Buddy Bergman- Go Kicks -1956
14 - Archie Shepp - Stick 'Em Up – 1971
15 - Bud Powell- Tea for Two
16 - Louis Prima - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
17 - Miles Davis - Visite du Vigile (soundtrack) -1958
18 - Modern Jazz Quartet- Don't Stop This Train-1973
19 - Mose Allison- Eyesight To The Blind – 1959
20 - Johnny Mandel - Trip to Corona – 1958
21 - Herbie Hancock  - Curiosity – 1966
22 - Bucky Pizzarelli - You Must Believe in Spring - 1986
23 - Les Baxter- Flight In The Andes
24 - Joshua Redman - Uncharted - 2009
25 - Serge Chaloff - Diane's Melody
26 - Tal Farlow- Autumn Leaves -1955
27 - The Rosenberg Trio – Daphne (Live) -2003
30 - Nelson Riddle-Volare - 1958

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Yodeling in the Neon One Studios

Monday, June 17, 2013

105th Show – June 12, 2013 – VIBES THEMED SHOW

1 - Stefon Harris - Feline Blues – 1999
2 - Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane - 1961
3 - Joe Locke - A New Blue – 1995
4 - Walter Dickerson - It Ain't Necessary So – 1962
5 – Lionel Hampton - Goldwyn Stomp – 1954
6 - Cal Tjader - Somewhere in the Night – 1964
7 -Terry Gibbs - The Big Cat
8 - Red Norvo Quintet - Copy Cat – 1957
9 - Dave Pike - Sweet Tater Pie – 1966
10 - Chick Corea & Gary Burton -  Four In One – 1997
11 - Eddie Costa – I’ll Know - 1958

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Jazz Singer Deborah Brown Plugs the Neon Jazz Radio Show

104th Show – June 5, 2013

1 - Elmer Snowden Quartet - Doin' The New Lowdown - 1960
2 - Rhythms del Mundo ‐ ColdPlay Clocks Salsa Version - 2006
3 - Mulgrew Miller - Return Trip - 1992
4 - Caroline Davis - Big Foot - 2010
5 - Curtis Counce - Carl's Blues - 1957
6 - Clare Fischer - Ornithardy - 2010
7 - Cory Weeds – Ella's Walk - 2009
8 - Joe Pass/Mickey Roker/Milt Jackson/Ray Brown - Joe's Tune - 1977
9 - Lee Wiley - Sam And Delilah - 2009
10 - George Shearing - P.S. I Love You - Live at the Cafe Carlyle - 1984
11 - Sonny Rollins - I Can't Get Started - 1957
12 - Paul Chambers - Just Friends - 1959

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103rd Show – May 29, 2013 - The Ultra Lounge Theme

1 - Jackie Gleason ‐ A Taste of Honey
2 - Don baker trio Dansero‐rhapsodesia
3 - Jack Fascinato ‐ Spring, Sprang, Sprung
4 - Bossa Nova All Stars - Meditation
5 - Jack costanzo - The Inch Worm
6 - Lee Arnaud - Taboo 1
7 - Elmer Bernstein - Thinking Of Baby
8 - Howard Roberts - Girl Talk
9 - Martin Denny - Harlem Nocturne
10 - Sam Butera - The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams‐Fever
11 - Gloria Wood - Oh, Honey
12 - The Out‐Islanders - Ebb Tide
13 - Arabella Hong - Witchcraft (Arabella Hong)
14 - Les Baxter - Go Chango
15 - Milt Buckner - Turquoise
16 - King Curtis - One Mint Julep

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102nd Show – May 22, 2013

1 - Ramsey Lewis - Slippin' Into Darkness - 2003
2 - Buddy Boldens Blues - 1900
3 - Molly Ringwald ‐ Exactly Like You - 2013
4 - Bob Ringwald - The Pearls
5 - Ryan Heinlein with Project H - Become Light
6 - Alex Pangman - Mama's Gone Goodbye ‐ 2009
7 - Bill Allred - Lullaby Of Broadway - 2010
8 - Deborah Brown - Euroboppin
9 - Dan Aran - Im So Blue - 2009
10 - Ralph Sharon - On A Slow Boat To China
11 - Don Lanphere And New Stories - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 2006
12 - Red Mitchell and Harold Land - Hear Ye Hear Ye ‐ 2006

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

101st Show – May 15, 2013


1 - Ahmad Alaadeen- The Ringing – 1997
2 - Mike Melito – Daahoud – 2011
3 - Koko Conley - Live For The Moment
4 - Dick Hyman - It's All Right With Me – 2007
5 - Ray Heindorf and the CBS Orchestra – Lemonade
6 - Oliver Jones- Fulford Street Romp – 1985
7  - Yahel/Hoenig/Moreno/ Blak - Any Colour You Like_Jazz Side Of The Moon – 2008
8 - Bram Wjinands - Moten Short
9 - Linda Lawson -  Easy To Love – 1960
10 - Lee Morgan - Take Twelve -1962
11 - Russell Malone – Jingles – 1993
12 - Fats Navarro - Lady Bird – 2005
13 - Teddy Wilson -  Just One Of Those Things - Plays Cole Porter
14 - Woody Herman - Lollipop - Keeper of the Flame - 1992

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100th Show – May 8, 2013 – KC Artist Theme

1 - Count Basie Orchestra –Count On Swinging – 2009
2 - Stan Kessler - Nutville – 2005
3 - Marilyn Maye - When Sunny Gets Blue – 1966
4 - Megan Birdsall - Born to Be Blue – 2007
5 - Ken Lovern- 7 Sticks
6 - David Basse_ 52nd & Broadway – 2012
7 - Abel Ramirez Big Band – Candy
8 - Bram Wijnands - Lover Come Back To Me
9 - Brian Steever - I Hear A Rhapsody
10 - Chris Hazelton Trio - Have You Met Miss Jones – 2012
11 - Mike Metheny - One Note Samba – 2005
12 - EE Pointer - Say Yes - 2010

Listen.


Friday, May 10, 2013

99th Show – May 1, 2013

1 - Jaleel Shaw - Song for Sid – 2013
2 - Benny Green - Flying Saucer - 2013
3 - James Clay - Pavanne - 1960
4 - Grant Green - The Kicker- 1964
5 - The Jaquelines – Eva the Cosmopolitan – 2013
6 - Flip Phillips - All Of Me - 1954
7 - Hugh Fraser - Herbildoodlyu – 1997
8 – Ravi Coltrane – First Circuit - 2009
9 - Charles McPherson - From This Moment On – 1968
10 - Sonny Stitt - Stareyes - 1981


The Miles Davis Themed Show – May 6, 2013

1 - Miles Davis - Now's The Time – 1946
2 - Miles Davis – Rouge -  1949
3 - Miles Davis – Denial – 1951
4 - Miles Davis – Compulsion - 1953
5 - Miles Davis and John Coltrane - Sweet Sue, Just You – 1956
6 - Miles Davis - You're My Everything – 1956
7 - Miles Davis - The Duke – 1957
8 - Miles Davis -  Two Bass Hit - 1958
9 - Miles Davis - Blue In Green – 1959
10 - Miles Davis - The Pan Piper – 1960
11 - Miles Davis – Minnie – 1972
12 - Miles Davis – Mystery - 1992

Friday, April 26, 2013

98th Show – April 24, 2013


1 - Wallace Roney - Giant Steps – 1989
2 - Bobby Watson - The Mystery of E-bop - 1992
3 - The Allan Vaché Sextette- Topsy - 1997
4  - Herb Ellis/Jake Hanna/Joe Pass/Ray Brown-  Seven Come Eleven - 1973
5 - Spike Robinson & Eddie Thompson Trio - 'S Wonderful – 1984
6 - Mangus Broo – Screamit – 2003
7 - Jesper Thilo - Somebody Loves Me – 1998
8 - Dizzy Gillespie - Cognac Blues - 1952
9 -  Supersax – Moose the Mooche – 1972
10 - Fats Waller - Rusty Pail - 2004
11 - Bridge Quartet - Strode Rode - 2008

Thursday, April 18, 2013

97th Show – April 17, 2013


1 - Howard Levy – Aha  - 2009
2 - Warne Marsh - Dixie's Dilemma -1956
3 - Avishai Cohen - Giggin' – 2003
4 - Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet - 1953
5 - The Bruce Forman Quartet - Once Again – 1988
6 - Chet Baker - Comin' on - 1956
7 - Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Oleo – 1961
8 - Pepper Adams Quintet & Thad Jones - No Refill - 1966
9 - Tom Brantley - In A Mellotone [live] -  2009
10 - The Johnny Griffin And Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet- Tickle Toe -1960
11 - Tommy Dorsey - Love For Sale


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

96th Show – April 10, 2013 – Count Basie Theme


1 - April in Paris
2 - Blues For Little Jazz
3 – Volcano
4 – Basie’s Basement_greatest hits
5 - Hob Nail Boogie
6 - The Golden Bullet
7 - Polka Dots And Moonbeams
8 - Basie
9 - K.C. Organ Blues
10 - Cafe Society Blues
11 - Corner Pocket
12 - Who Me
13 - Just An Old Manuscript
14 - Roseland Shuffle
15 – Tootie
16 - The Git


Thursday, April 4, 2013

Kansas City Jazz Man Stanton Kessler Plugs Neon Jazz

A Neon Jazz Interview with Kansas City Trumpeter & Jazz Ambassador Stanton Kessler


95th Show – April 2, 2013


1 - Charles Mingus - New Now Know How – 1959
2 - Hank Mobley - Startin' From Scratch - 1957
3 - Eddie Costa Trio - There Will Never Be Another You- 1957
4 - John Coltrane – Resolution - 1964
5 - Artie Shaw -  Indian Love Call – 1938
6 - Bill Coleman -  Big Boy Blues – 1936-38
7 - Bud Shank - Rustic Hop  – 1955
8 - Dizzy Gillespie - Tin Tin Deo - 1956
9 - Miles Davis -  Israel – 1949
10 - Chet Baker –Time On My Hands (You In My Arms) – 1958
11 - Lester Young Quartet - Sometimes I'm Happy – 1943
12 - Howard McGhee - Sweet and Lovely - 1948


Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Kansas City Jazz Bassist Bill McKemy

Welcome to a new Neon Jazz interview with talented and busy Kansas City based bassist Bill McKemy. During this interview, he talks about his Missouri roots, playing jazz in Philadelphia, how the KC jazz scene is doing in 2013, the 1 jazz artist he would love to meet, along with much more. Click here to listen.

Chicago Saxophonist & Educator Caroline Davis

Welcome to another Neon Jazz interview with talented Chicago-based saxophonist and educator Caroline Davis. During the course of this interview, Caroline discusses her early music influences while living in Atlanta, music theory, her first full album as a leader, which is top shelf and it’s called Live Work and Play, her jazz heroes, a pending move to the Big Apple, along with much more. Click here to enjoy.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

93rd Show – March 26, 2013


1 - Kid Ory - Big Butter and Egg Man –– 1999 Verve Sessions Compilation
2 - Brandon Draper Trio Live - Set 1. 3 - 2013
3 - Abe Most - Send In The Clowns_ - 2010 Compilation
4 - Modern Jazz Quartert - All Of You - Played By America's Greatest Jazzmen
5 – Boyd Lee Dunlop – First Drops of Rain – 2012
6 - Donald Byrd - All Day Long- 1957
7 - Alan Barnes Quartet – Pannonica – 2009
8 - André  ‘Dede’ Ceccarelli - Avenue Des Diables Blues - 2006
9 - Antonio Hart- Puerto Rico – 1995
10 - Benny Carter - I Love Paris - 2009
11 - Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer -  A Blues (What's on Your Mind) – 2011
12 - Kenny Drew Trio -  All Souls Here - 1974


Chicago Saxophonist and Educator Caroline Davis Plugs Neon Jazz

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

93RD SHOW – March 19, 2013 – Shorty Rogers Theme

1 - Shorty Rogers - Chances Are - Chances Are it Swings – 1958
2 - Shorty Rogers  - It's Sand, Man- Creative West Coast Swing Disc 4 - 1951
3 - Shorty Rogers - Peals- Martians Stay Home – 1955
4 - Shorty Rogers - Wail Of Two Cities - way up there - 1955
5 - Shorty Rogers - the pesky serpent - Short Stops – 1953-54
6 - Shorty Rogers - Toyland - Clickin' with Clax - 1956
7 - Shorty Rogers - Hot shoe - Creative West Coast Swing Disc 2 – 1951
8 - Shorty Rogers  - Blues Way Up There - Way up there - 1955
9 - Shorty Rogers - Whenever the Five Winds Blow – 1956
10 - Shorty Rogers  - Be my guest- Creative West Coast Swing Disc 2 - 1951
11 - Shorty Rogers  - Popo- Creative West Coast Swing Disc 1 – 1951
12 - Shorty Rogers  - sweetheart of sigmund freud - short stops - 1990
13 - Shorty Rogers - Twelfth Street Rag - Martians Stay Home – 1955
14 - Shorty Rogers - No Such Luck - Chances are it Swings - 1958

Monday, March 18, 2013

92ND SHOW – March 12, 2013


1 - Oliver Jones - Dumpcake Blues - 1985
2 - McCoy Tyner - One For Honor - 1980
3 -  Flat Earth Society - Sneak Attack Of The Sponges - 2013
4 - Earl Hines - Rosalie -1974
5 - Boogie Belgique - Swing Thing -  2013
6 - Ned Irving Quintet - Reaching The Man On The Wall - 1996
7 – Chris Barber’s Jazz Band – Black Cat On The Fence – 1950’s
8 - Don Ellis – Donkey  - 1962
9 - Champian Fulton - You're Getting To Be A Habit - 2013
10 - Jay Jay Johnson - Something For Lili
11 - Ross Taggart Trio - Ella's Walk - 2009
12 – Sidney Bechet - Rockin' Chair -  2007 Comp.
13 - Gene Ammons  - The Black Cat! - 1970

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

91st SHOW – March 5, 2013


1 - Nick Finzer‐ Alternate Agenda - 2013
2 - Duke Ellington ‐ John Coltrane ‐ In a sentimental mood ‐ 61‐63
3 - Joe Leahy - Maybe You'll Be There - 60's
4 - Paula Castle - Why Can't I - Sex Kittens in Hi‐Fi
5 - Todd Marcus - Epistrophy - 2012
6 - Coleman Hawkins - Lazy Butterfly - 1963
7 - James Sanders & the Kevin O'Conell Trio - Voyage - 2013
8 - Harold Land - West Coast Blues - 1960
9 - Walter White & Small Medium at Large - Waitin' For Walter - 2012
10 - Hoagy Carmichael ‐ Stardust ‐ 1927
11 - Pancho Molina & Elias Meister ‐ Ticket To Timbuktu ‐ 2012
12 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Shake It And Break It ‐ 1990
13 - Homeland ‐ End Credits Song


Wednesday, February 27, 2013

90th Show– February 26, 2013 – Early KC Jazz Theme


1 - Jelly Roll Morton - Kansas City Stomps
2 - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Corky Stomp
3 - Chas Creath And His Jazz-o-Maniacs -  Pleasure Mad
4 - Jay McShann Trio - Vine Street Boogie
5 - Fate Marable's Society Syncopators - Frankie And Johnny
6 - George E. Lee And His Orchestra - Won't You Come Over To My House
7 - Jimmie Lunceford And His Chicksaw Syncopators - In Dat Mornin'
8 - Jeannette's Synco Jazzers - Midnight Stomp
9 - Julia Lee - Come On Over To My House
10 -  John Williams's Synco Jazzers - Goose Grease
11 - Red Perkins & His Dixie Ramblers - The Duck's Yas Yas Yas
12 - King Mutt & His Tennessee Thumpers - Maxwell Street Stomp
13 - Original St. Louis Crackerjacks - Echo In The Dark
14 - Pete Johnson - Vine Street Bustle
15 - The Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers - Aunt Jemima Stomp
16 - The Searcy Trio - East St. Louis Stomp
17 - Walter Page And His Blue Devils - There's A Squabblin'
18 - Bennie Moten - Kansas City Breakdown

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

89th Show Set List – February 19, 2013 – KC Then and Now Theme

1 - Wilburt Harrison - Kansas City – 1959
2 - Stan Kessler -  Catavento E Girassol by Guinga – Passport - 2012
3 - Big Joe Turner - You're Driving Me Crazy – 1956
4 - Charlie Parker -  K.C. Blues - 1951
5 - Buster Smith - Buster's Tune – 1986
6 - Clint Ashlock Big Band featuring Bobby Watson - Another Star - 2011
7 - Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra- Prince Of Wails
8 - Count Basie and His Orchestra - Time Out
9 - Vic Dickenson &  Joe Thomas – Undecided – 1958
10 - Kansas City Band – Lafayette - Kansas City Soundtrack - 1995
11 - Harlan Leonard and His Rockets -  My Gal Sal
12 - Mary Lou Williams - Night Life - Kansas City: Jazz The Beginning
13 - Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids -  Jelly Bean Drag (Valentine Drag)




Friday, February 15, 2013

88th Show – February 12, 2013 - "Al Cohn Theme"


1 - Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green - Mosaic Select - Lullaby of Birdland – 1955
2  - Al Cohn - Breakfast With Joe - Al Cohn And His Charlie's Tavern Ensemble-1954
3 - Al Cohn & Joe Newman - Mosaic Select - Cohn not Cohen – 1955
4 - Al Cohn, Bill Perkins &  Richie Kamuca Septet – Hags - 1955
5 – Al Cohn - Inside Out - Al Cohn And His Charlie's Tavern Ensemble  -1954
6  - Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles - Them There Eyes - Heavy Love - 1977
7 - Al Cohn - Help Keep Your City Clean Blues (Instrumental) – Broadway – 1954
8 - Al Cohn - That's What You Think – Cohn’s Tone - 1950
9  - Al Cohn & Barry Harris -  You're My Everything - Barry Harris Trio with Al Cohn_2008
10 -  Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green - Mosaic Select - Every Time – 1955
11 -  Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green - Mosaic Select - The Song is Ended – 1955
12 - Al Cohn Quartet - Singing the Blues – Cohn on the Saxophone - 1956

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Neon Jazz Interview with San Francisco Trumpeter Joel Behrman


Our latest interview comes via St. Louis native and San Francisco transplant Joel Behrman. This talented trumpeter just released and album called Steppin’ Back and has plenty to say. 

Monday, February 4, 2013

86th SHOW – January 29, 2013

1- Jeremy Pelt- Ides Of March - 2003
2 - Sidney Bechet / Martial Solal Quartet - I Only Have Eyes for You - 2005
3 - Duke Pearson – Lex - 1961
4 - Krystyn Hartman - The Blue Side Of Jazz - 2007
5  - Ida Zalewska -  Now or Never As sung by Billie Holliday -  2012
6 - John Ellis & Double-Wide – Dubinland Carnival - 2010
7 - Ivo Neame -Charm Defensive - 2012
8 - Lionel Belmondo Trio – Desillusion - 2012
9 - Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece – Overcooked - 2011
10 - Meirelles e Os Copa 5 – Sudeste -2002
11 - Jimmy Smith – Flamingo - 1958

Friday, January 25, 2013

85th Show Set List from January 22, 2013

Recorded in Signal Hole Studios, Belton, MO - Engineered by John Christopher
1 - Don Wilkerson -The Twister - 1960
2 - Benny Carter -Three Little Words - 1976
3 - Danny Grissett - On The Edge - 2005
4 - Baby Trio - Urban jazz - 2012
5 - Duke Ellington- The Peanut Vendor - 1931
6  - The Lounge Brigade - Bubbles (original)Sabbath In The Suburbs  - 2002
7 - Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis - I'll Walk Alone - 1965
8 - Gary Smulyan -  A Woman Always Understands - 2006
9 - George Cables – Felicidade - 2000
10 - Jazz Times Superband - - Friday Night At The Cadillac Club - 2000
11 - Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Cubs, Bears, Bulls, and White Sox - 2011

Dig this tasty little number from Baby Trio ..